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alina is following the story from tupelo, mississippi. alina? >> the judge of a son who received one of those ricin letters say he hopes it is a step towards justice for his family. this is who authorities now believe mailed the three ricin laced letters. federal prosecutors have charged james everett dusky. he is known of possessing a biological agent for use as a weapon. that agent according to the u.s. attorney's office, was ricin. >> this could have been devastating. mom could have died. >> reporter: steve holland's mother is the mississippi judge who received one of the letters. dutschke ran against him in 2007. >> he was a mad personality. vicious kind of guy. he attacked me personally and even my entire family. >> reporter: last week charge as were dropped against the first suspect in the case, an elvis impersonator. curtis said he had been framed and pointed to dutschke as a possible suspect. they searched the marshal arts studio dutschke used to run and his home in tupelo. >> i met with the fbi and i consulted to a search and signed a p
alina is following the story from tupelo, mississippi. alina? >> the judge of a son who received one of those ricin letters say he hopes it is a step towards justice for his family. this is who authorities now believe mailed the three ricin laced letters. federal prosecutors have charged james everett dusky. he is known of possessing a biological agent for use as a weapon. that agent according to the u.s. attorney's office, was ricin. >> this could have been devastating. mom could...
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o we're following the story from tupelo, mississippi. >> poppy, a judge here who received one of those ricin letters says he's hoping the arrest is a step toward justice for his family. this is the man federal authorities now believe mailed three ricin-laced letters earlier this month to president obama, mississippi senator wicker and county court judge holland. prosecutors have charged james everett dutschke accused of "knowing, developing, producing, stockpiling, possessing a biological agent for use as a weapon." that agent according to the u.s. attorney's office was ricin. >> this could have been devastating, very devastating. i mean, mom could have died. >> reporter: steve holland's mother is the mississippi judge who received one of the letters. dutschke ran against him for a seat in the mississippi state house in 2007. >> he was a mad personality. he was a vicious kind of guy. he attacked me personally and even my entire family. that was his m.o. during the campaign. >> reporter: last week charges were dropped against the first suspect in the case, an elvis impersonator named pa
o we're following the story from tupelo, mississippi. >> poppy, a judge here who received one of those ricin letters says he's hoping the arrest is a step toward justice for his family. this is the man federal authorities now believe mailed three ricin-laced letters earlier this month to president obama, mississippi senator wicker and county court judge holland. prosecutors have charged james everett dutschke accused of "knowing, developing, producing, stockpiling, possessing a...
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. >>> a tupelo, mississippi, man is charged with sending ricin-laced letters. the federal charges against james everett dutschke come two days after prosecutors dropped charges against curtis. curtis says he was framed. >>> a roadside bomb killed three police officers in afghanistan this morning as the taliban launched their annual spring offensive. today's attack was just the first day of the new operation that will target foreign military bases and convoys, as well as attacks on afghan police. the spokesman says the attacks will continue until foreign troops leave afghanistan. thank you so much for watching "state of the union." i'm candy crowley in washington, head to cnn.com/sotu for extras and that includes a clip from our popular online series called "getting to know." find out the surprising family connection. if you missed any part of today's show, find us on itunes. fareed zakaria, "gps" is next. >>> this is "gps global public square." welcome to all of you in the united states and around the world. i'm fareed zakaria. today we'll ask how to handle ter
. >>> a tupelo, mississippi, man is charged with sending ricin-laced letters. the federal charges against james everett dutschke come two days after prosecutors dropped charges against curtis. curtis says he was framed. >>> a roadside bomb killed three police officers in afghanistan this morning as the taliban launched their annual spring offensive. today's attack was just the first day of the new operation that will target foreign military bases and convoys, as well as...
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the letters that were sent to the president, senator or robert wicker and as well a local judge in tupelo, mississippi, it was written i'm k.c. and i aprof this message i believes his brother was framed. the fbi acted too quickly in this case. this happened right after the boston bombings, they were under a lot of pressure to come up with a suspect. he says they simply came up with the wrong one. bret? >> bret: okay, john. much more on this with the panel. a strange story. we will hear from paul kevin curtis. a hazardous materials team is investigating another possible tainted letter this time a military facility. senator harry reid said it is joint base anna cost i can't bowling. the two suspects in what canadian officials say was a plot to derail a passenger plane in court today. neither entered a pleavment one said the allegations were based on appearances. men had direction and guidance from al qaeda terrorists in iran. the iranian foreign ministry denies involvement. amid the misery in boston, the show of gratitude from journalists. we'll explain that later in the grapevine. up next,
the letters that were sent to the president, senator or robert wicker and as well a local judge in tupelo, mississippi, it was written i'm k.c. and i aprof this message i believes his brother was framed. the fbi acted too quickly in this case. this happened right after the boston bombings, they were under a lot of pressure to come up with a suspect. he says they simply came up with the wrong one. bret? >> bret: okay, john. much more on this with the panel. a strange story. we will hear...
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we're going to go live to tupelo for more on that in a moment. but first, we have new information from this elvis impersonator who had been arrested and charged with sending those ricin-laced letters. he was all of a sudden set free yesterday. yep. no longer a suspect, charges dropped. his name is kevin curtis. and i want you to watch what he told chris cuomo in his exclusive interview last hour. >> when they came to me and i was arrested, it came super fast like a scene out of a movie. they didn't explain anything. they just kept saying you know what you've done. and don't move, don't resist and i mean, i just had to set my coat down. they allowed me to do that. you're talking about homeland security, secret service, fbi, so many vehicles in my neighborhood. i've never seen anything like it. i was in a state of shock, the best way to explain it. and i was trying to catch my breath and how am i going to get over my ex-wife and kids are expecting me for dinner. i've got to take my son to church. they're like no, no, you're not going to church, you
we're going to go live to tupelo for more on that in a moment. but first, we have new information from this elvis impersonator who had been arrested and charged with sending those ricin-laced letters. he was all of a sudden set free yesterday. yep. no longer a suspect, charges dropped. his name is kevin curtis. and i want you to watch what he told chris cuomo in his exclusive interview last hour. >> when they came to me and i was arrested, it came super fast like a scene out of a movie....
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victor blackwell following the developments for us here live in tupelo. have investigators found anything and have they been able to connect the dot here? >> no, and there are more and more dots every day. we do know there was one more search yesterday. i spoke with the attorney for that tae kwon do instructor/former politician and she says that the fbi wanted his car. so he took it to them for processing so they could search to find out if there was any connection to who is trying to or tried at least through those ricin tainted letters poison president obama. the home of a former republican candidate for the mississippi state house is now involved in a federal investigation into who sent letters tainted with ricin to president obama, a mississippi senator and a county judge. federal agents in full body hazmat suits searched his home on tuesday. his attorney said it was related to the ricin investigation. in a youtube video posted this week the former candidate jay everett dutschke talked about the search. >> i met with the fbi and consented to a search,
victor blackwell following the developments for us here live in tupelo. have investigators found anything and have they been able to connect the dot here? >> no, and there are more and more dots every day. we do know there was one more search yesterday. i spoke with the attorney for that tae kwon do instructor/former politician and she says that the fbi wanted his car. so he took it to them for processing so they could search to find out if there was any connection to who is trying to or...
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. >> reporter: on saturday morning, federal agents arrested james everett dutchke at his home in tupelo mississippi. last week officials searched his home and martial arts studio. at the time, the 41-year-old karate teacher said he had nothing to do with the poisoned letters. >> my family knows i don't have anything to do with this. the people that actually know me know i don't have anything to do with this. and quite frankly, the people that don't know that this is just crazy. this is just insane. >> reporter: the letters were sent on april 8th to president obama and mississippi senator roger wicker. both letters tested positive for ricin but were intercepted before they reached their targets. another letter was sent to mississippi judge sadie holland whose family dutchke had reportedly clashed with in the past. ♪ charges were originally filed against 45-year-old elvis impersonator paul kevin curtis but those charges were dropped after investigators were unable to link curtis to the crime. curtis says that somebody may have tried to set him up. >> when you've been charged with someth
. >> reporter: on saturday morning, federal agents arrested james everett dutchke at his home in tupelo mississippi. last week officials searched his home and martial arts studio. at the time, the 41-year-old karate teacher said he had nothing to do with the poisoned letters. >> my family knows i don't have anything to do with this. the people that actually know me know i don't have anything to do with this. and quite frankly, the people that don't know that this is just crazy. this...
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cnn's victor blackwell is live for us this morning in tupelo, mississippi. this man has been exonerated, vindicated? >> that's true. we're waiting for more information from the u.s. attorney, felicia adams, about what this new information is. she has not elaborated. of course we've asked the fbi about their investigation up to this point into the letters sent to the president. senator roger wicker of mississippi, and katie holland, a judge here in tupelo. they're not saying much about that or their investigation into curtis. but curtis himself, paul kevin kurt isz, is speaking. and he's saying that he had no involvement. he loves his country. he had nothing to say specifically about the letters, he says that he loves his country, he respects the president, he would never try to hurt an elected official. he also said, he and his attorney, that he believes that he maybe was framed by someone who's holding a grudge. i want you to listen to what he said about the time he spent in jail after those allegations were made. >> the last seven days, staring at four gra
cnn's victor blackwell is live for us this morning in tupelo, mississippi. this man has been exonerated, vindicated? >> that's true. we're waiting for more information from the u.s. attorney, felicia adams, about what this new information is. she has not elaborated. of course we've asked the fbi about their investigation up to this point into the letters sent to the president. senator roger wicker of mississippi, and katie holland, a judge here in tupelo. they're not saying much about...
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well, the fbi also searched a tie kwan doe studio in tupelo that was owned by duschke and in the drain found in five different samples they took evidence, positively tested for ricin in those drains. here is a key paragraph out of the criminal complaint. i will read that to you. after departing the former business location, duhschke drove a short distance approximately 100 yards and was observed discarding several items through the window of the vehicle into the public garbage receptacle. after dutschke departed personnel from the jackson division of fbi and mississippi office of homeland security recovered the items. observed were a box for a black and decker smart grind coffee grinder, a box containing latex gloves, a dust mask, and an empty bucket of floor adhesive. this is quoting. based on my training and expertise i know a coffee bean grinder could be utilized in the process of extracting ricin from castor beans. further more latex gloves and dust mask could be utilized as personal protective equipment while the castor beans are being crushed to protect the producer from an accid
well, the fbi also searched a tie kwan doe studio in tupelo that was owned by duschke and in the drain found in five different samples they took evidence, positively tested for ricin in those drains. here is a key paragraph out of the criminal complaint. i will read that to you. after departing the former business location, duhschke drove a short distance approximately 100 yards and was observed discarding several items through the window of the vehicle into the public garbage receptacle. after...
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this afternoon that the fbi search team moved in with tupelo and lee county authorities at the a home in tupelo and there are according to this report about ten law enforcement vehicles in the area. >> all right, well, we'll check on that, christi. thank you for the information. i don't want to -- i don't want to compromise your right to counsel until the information is released later. but i will ask you this, we'll follow up with you on the phone so we can track that down. when more is made public, please, we'll come back to you and i would like to talk to you about this more. >> okay. and this is the best -- this is the best phone to get me on because it is my cell phone. so just give me a call. >> all right. i got you. don't say the number, though, because you're on television. we'll call you back later on, okay. >> i'm sorry. okay. my bad. >> all right. you owe me one. i protected you on that. all right, so, big intriguing turn in that story. this was the main suspect, now we hear he's been released. it is unclear why. there does seem to be bond attached, if it is a condition rele
this afternoon that the fbi search team moved in with tupelo and lee county authorities at the a home in tupelo and there are according to this report about ten law enforcement vehicles in the area. >> all right, well, we'll check on that, christi. thank you for the information. i don't want to -- i don't want to compromise your right to counsel until the information is released later. but i will ask you this, we'll follow up with you on the phone so we can track that down. when more is...
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authorities in hazmat suits searching a different home in tupelo, mississippi, investigating the possibility that the original suspect who you just saw paul curtis was set up by a neighbor with a grudge. joining me now to break it down doug burns, former federal prosecutor. lis wiehl also former prosecutor and fox news analyst. all right. so you have got paul curtis who now they say is innocent. >> the elvis impersonator. >> megyn: this isn't his lawyer, this is the authorities, the fbi the feds saying it wasn't him. >> dropping all the charges, right. >> megyn: they can refile. >> any time, of course. >> megyn: who are they looking into? >> now when they arrested him and they arrested him and kept him for a b. a week. when they held him they said who might be against you or threatening you or something like that who might be an enemy his lawyer gave a whole list. included on this list was the second guy james edward deutschey. his home is being searched, his tiquando studio is being searched. he says there is a grudge between them. tremendous interestingly, interestingly, -- very interestin
authorities in hazmat suits searching a different home in tupelo, mississippi, investigating the possibility that the original suspect who you just saw paul curtis was set up by a neighbor with a grudge. joining me now to break it down doug burns, former federal prosecutor. lis wiehl also former prosecutor and fox news analyst. all right. so you have got paul curtis who now they say is innocent. >> the elvis impersonator. >> megyn: this isn't his lawyer, this is the authorities, the...
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mississippi senator roger whittaker, and sady holland, a judge here in tupelo. law enforcement, they're not saying much about their investigation of the letters or of curtis, but curtis has said from the very beginning that he was not involved. in fact, when they came to him with questions about ricin, he didn't know what ricin was. he says he thought they said rice, and he doesn't even eat rice. >> when you've been charged with something and you just never heard of ricin or whatever. i thought they said rice. so i said, i don't even eat rice. >> reporter: curtis seems to harbor no ill will against the law enforcement officials. he said the investigators treated him well and were very professional. but if he did not send the letters, who did? we know there are media reports that another home is being searched in connection with this case. back to you. >> our thanks to victor blackwell. coming up, more of our live coverage from boston. authorities questioning tamerlan tsarnaev's widow. did she know of his plans to blow up the boston marathon? he g through allergi
mississippi senator roger whittaker, and sady holland, a judge here in tupelo. law enforcement, they're not saying much about their investigation of the letters or of curtis, but curtis has said from the very beginning that he was not involved. in fact, when they came to him with questions about ricin, he didn't know what ricin was. he says he thought they said rice, and he doesn't even eat rice. >> when you've been charged with something and you just never heard of ricin or whatever. i...